Easel for desk-calendars, cards, and other articles.



W. H. HALL. EASEL FOB DESK CALENDARS, CARDS, AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1909.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

VAILABLE CQPY WILLLlM ll. HALL, OF (,LYDE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLESW. SHONK (OiliPANY ()F MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

EASEL FOR DESK-CALENDARS, UARIDS, AND OTHER ARTICLES.

No. 929,989. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 3, recs.

Application filed January 2, 1909. Serial No. iii 0,283. v

To whom it may concern: one integral piece of cardboard or other like Beit known that 1 WILLIAM ll. HALL, a material which is furnished with atransverse citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Clyde, crease orscore a, to afford a hinge connection in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, between the support B and leg ii, and a simi- 5 have inventeda new and useful linprovelar crease or score 5, to afl'ord a hingeconment in Easels for Desk-Calendars, Cards, i nection between thesupport B and the brace and other Articles, of which the following is al D. The reinforcing member F is preferably specification. 7 i a narrowstrip 01 cardboard pasted flat My invention relates to improvements inagainst the back or inner side ol the leg A 10 easels, of the kindcommonly used on the and it preferably extends to the upper end ol r 5back portions of desks 'lor calendars, cards the leg. The lower end 7 ofthis reinforce and other articles. ment serves as a lock or shoulder toengage The object of my invention is to )rovide and hold in place thefree end (1, of the brace an easelot asimple,eilicient and dura )leconl), in connection with the cooperating ilcxil5 slruetion, capable olbeing very cheaply hie strip or tape G. The inner end r/ of thc 71manufactured, which will be collapsible for flexible strip or tape Gextends between the convenience in shipment, and which may be leg A andthe reinforcement F and is sc readily extended for use and to which adesk curely pasted or glued to or between those calendar, card or otherarticle may be readily parts. At its outer end 5 the flexible stripattached. or tape G is pasted flat against the outer l acc 75 i Myinvention consists in an easel prefer- I of the support 13, this end ofthe tape prcl'crably constructed of cardboard or other like ablyextending about hall the lcngth ol lhc material and having a log, asupportingmomi support B so as-to all'ord a sccurc attachment her andcross-brace, both integral with the l and also to provide a.bctiorsurl'acc l'orgluiiriy 25 log, and having hinge connections witheach l or pasting it calcii lar, card or othcr articlc 8d other,preferably formed by transversely creasing or scoring the cardboard, inconi of the flexible strip or cloth (l overlaps and nection with areinforcing and locking niemcmbraccs the Folding braco l) which is freeher, glued or otherwise attached to the back from and iiuaitachml to thellcxiblo strip or of the leg, and a llcxiblo strip or tape iiiicrtape.This folding bi'acc ii is made some posed between the leg andreinforcing inoniwhat widcr than the lloxiblc sl rip or tape (2, her atone end'and pasted to the sup ortiiig so that the l'olding brace may begrasped at member at the other end, said llexib a strip the edgesbctwcei'i the lingers without at the being free from the brace-memberand also same time grasping the tape or strip (1. 35 narrower in Widththan the brace-member, so This enables the folding brace to be readilythat the brace-member may be folded or folded inward so that the supportll may collapsed inward when it is free ordisengaged then be foldcd downflat against the leg. I from the shoulder or lock formed. by the While Iprcl'or to construct my cascl oi lower-end. of the reinforcing inoniber.cardboard, it may be made of oihcr suitablo In the accompanying drawingsloi'iiiiiig a I materials. partoi this specification, l ig'urc i is acentral l prcl'cr to ma kc thc log si ipporl B, and vertical section ofthe case] embodying my i brace I), all in oiic piece as this is thc climpcrinvention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation showing andmoreconvciiicntconstruction, but .iiiyinthe easel with the card orcalendar to be sup-i vciition is not limited to this intcgral con- (l,to the easel. The intermediate portion ,7"

ported thereby, removed. Fig. is a side i struction of these parts.

elevation showing the easel partly l'olded. claim:

In the drawing, A represents the leg of the l i. An 0118M for desklXlPJHllHS, cards or easel, B the supporting member to which the otherartuilcs, consisting in a log, a support calendar, card or other article(i, is attached, 5 having a. hinge connection with tho icg, a.

preferablv by pasting or gluing, l) the brace brace having a hingeconnection with the 10 member, F the reinforcing member and (l asupport, a. reinforcing member secured to thc flexible strip of clothtape or other like inalog on the inside thereof, and a llexible striptcrial.

. secured at one end to the log and at the other l i v I The leg A,supporting member B, and end to the support, said brace having a. liccl'irace-monibor l), are preferably formed H1 ciid fitting under andengaging the lower cud having a hinge connection with the eg, a 1

of the reinforcing member to lock or hold it in osition, said brace fromend to end there of being free from said flexible strip substan- 1tially as specified. I 2. An easel for desk calendars, cards or 3 otherarticles, consisting in a leg, a su port of the reinforcing member tolock or hold it in position, said flexible strip being narrower 15 fromsaid flexible strip substantially as speci- 20 brace having a hingeconnection with the lied.

support, a reinforcing member secured to the leg on the inside thereof,and a flexible strip secured at one end to the leg and at the other endto the support, said brace having a free end fitting under and engagingthe lower end WILLIAM H. HALL.

Witnesses:

PEARL ABRAMS, H. M. MUNDAY.

